Extractor basket



Malcl'l 4, 1930. A, MACDQNELL 1,749,292

EXTRAGTOR BASKET Filed July 24, 1929 ATTORNEY force, and

sQfPatented Mar. 4, 1930 vi'iLLN. e, MAeDoNnLL, or iiirLAnnLrHrA, PENNSYLVANIA i 'Appneationffnea .Tary 24,

' The presentinvention relates' to improvementsv in'centrifugal driersor extractors', and y more particularly to devices of this type which are employedin'laundries for expelling .s'moisture from the wash, that is to say from 1 the clothes or fabrics ythat have been previousi, l

` of each customer is placed, Without markings,

i ylytreated in a washing-'machine or otherwise cleansed.` T he invention pertains more particularly to the baskets,formingpartof such i loextryactors.,l 't r In these extractors,fthe wash is placed into the basket of the'machine, said basket being rotated or revolved atafhigh velocity, where-y bythe moisture contained in the wash is par- `f`tially j expelled` therefrom by centrifugal vforce.; In laundering -at 'pieces of wash,'the

I a following is the usual practice in laundries:

Flatpie'ces are rstmarked,"for instance on, a marking machlne, with the customersjname,

=initials, or other identification ymarks,y and f Vare then dropped into afcontainer with the flat pieces belonging to many .other customers. When ythe aggregate is large enoughto lilla y washing 1r 1'achine,-or onejor morepockets or 'A25-'compartments of a large wash whee l,fthe wash -is placed thereinto,land treated in the usual 4 manner therein.. After ythe .washing opera- /tion, the wash, belonging to many customers,l

isplaced intofan extractor. for expelling the vso'moisture therefrom. .Thereafter the wash is finished 'on` mangles or ironing machines, 'after whicheach customers pieces are sorted" i. :Inasmuch as these kextractor' baskets areo'f f'ffthe single compartment type, theclothes or:4 fabrics vare `liableto be injured by stretching andi 'tearing due to the centrifugal factionf ing*understoodthat-:many changes may be ar'atedfl l i, The main object of the presentinvention f j-is to providean extractorgbasket comprisingv ka plurality of removable receptacles or'con tainers,'each of which' is adapted to'f'be di- E vided into a 'numberof "compartments of varying sizes, into each of which theindioffividual wash of a family may be placed. `By' are easily torn when being sept!l 192e. seriai No. saam.

the use of this construction not only are the objectionable features of the single-compartment" extractor baskets overcome but the marking of the washes of the several customers of a laundry is entirely done away i with. v,For this purpose, obviously, the wash into a separate pocket of a wash wheel, the larger types of which contain as much as sixteen or more pockets.

Another object of the invention is to so designthese receptacles ythat they form a nest, the elements ofwhichare superimposed, each being provided with means for readily removing the same from the extractor housing. A further object of the invention is to so 'shape an elementof the extractor housing and thev said receptacles, that the latter are yadapted torotate together, vas a unit. c

A still further object yof the invention is to construct an kextractor basket wherein the clothes are prevented from forming'a solid mass.l

-mStill' a further,l object of the invention is ftoprovide a basket ofthe type above de-y scribedwhich is simple in construction, durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scaleor in other words one which is not so difficult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such ,a contrivance.

wWith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention'is'better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, i

pointedV out in the appended claims and illus trated inthe accompanying drawings, it bemadeinthe size and proportion of the several .parts andv details of construction within the 9o" scopeofthe appended claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

V'ance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan 'view thereof; Fig. 3 is a top plan 100 the invention is illustrated in the accompanyi view of an individual receptacle, constituting part of the extractor basket; Fig.-4 is a side f elevation of one of the partitions for dividing the said receptacle into more than one compartment; and Figs. 5 and 6 are diagrammatic views of an individual receptacle, showing compartments of different sizes.

n the drawings the numeral 10 indicates the stationary housing of an extractor,

mounted on a stand or base, not shown. This housing is of cylindrical ,configurationv and is provided on its bottom with a bearing 11 of any suitable construction, in which. is rotatably mounted a vertically extending basket spindle 12. The spindle projects through the bottom of lthe housing and has keyed or otherwise attached toit below thessaid bot'- tom a'pulley113,over which runs a belt, not shown, driven-by a pulley from a suitable transmission orl vprime mover.r Within `the housing is drawn over the said spindle a tubular body 14, 'fixed vto the ,said shaft, for

instance bya ykey 15. lThis body is prefer,

ably of substantial Aweight and thereby serves to balance the basket o f the extractor in case t-he material to be treatedV is unevenly" divided louter surface with a plurality f'lo'n'gitiidi nally extending, parallel and, preferably, n equidistantlyv spaced grooves 18, for aY pur-AV pose hereinafter to be described.` These grooves extend throughout the length of the said tubular body, ythat is to say flange 16 up to the top thereof.

receptacles 19, each comprising a bottomv 20 from which rises a cylindrical, perforatedl vertical wall 21, which isA provided lat itstopy edge with an inwardly extending Iiange722.

This iiange'has formed in its upper horizonl tal face an annular groove23, in which is adapted to be seated a similarly shaped rib l24on the underface of the bottom of the next upper receptacle in thel series.

20 of eachfreceptacle 19 is centrally provided with an opening 25, of a size to accommodate the tubular body 14, and into each opening extends a plurality of projections 26,'itting l the grooves 18 in the tubular body 14,where1 by these receptacles rotate with the said *tu-iy bular body. f y

In the outer ,face of the tubular body, and

,between the grooves 18,/is provided a plurality of'longitudinallyextending, parallel and,v

preferably, equidi'stantly spacedV vkerfsV 27,

running radially and beingadapted to be in alignment withy notches 28 in the flanges 22 of ,the receptacles19.t These notchesextend from the The bottomlvr radially Vin said flanges from the inner free edges of the latter to the annular grooves 23 therein, as clearly appears from'Fi'gs. 2 andy Blof the drawings A plurality 'of these receptacles is adaptedV im? to be placed, oneon top of another, into the housingy 10,7thel lowermost of the group resting on the iange 16 of the body 14. Vhen so placed into the housing, the annular'.V rib 24 on `the Ybottoni of each receptacle is seated in the 'annular groove 23 in the iange 22 of the receptacle next below. By reason of the correvsponding.configuration of the grooves 18l in the tubular bodyand the projectionsy 26 on the bottom of each'` receptacle, the kerfs 27 in thesaid tubular body arein alignment Ywith 'Y the notches 28V in "the `flanges ofthe said Vvreceptacles. ,l i,

Eads IGC eptacleis adapted tot beddividedy cal 'radially vextendingpartitions 29, which v are adaptedto be seated in the said kerfs and the notches 28 in alignment'therewith; Thatf vertical edge ofeach partition,whichf is to be seated in a kerf, is vout off at an acute' angle adjacent the lower longitudinal `edge thereof,

as indicated at 30.` The opposite vertical i edge of each partitionhas a` 'cnt-off portio'n31 adjacent the upper longitudinalv edge thereof k(Fig. 4). The'ob'ject of this arrangement is to lpermit of proper insertion of 'the parti! y i tionsvinto :the receptacles, and 1 to' klock the saine thereto when the wash is removedfr'om 'the compartmentsiinto which lit divided by thesaid partitions. f e

are employed, dividing the yiecep'tacle kvinto n. eight compartments. 'It-is, 'howeverQA obvi- 'l be'l used, as' appears forl instancejfroni Figs'.

`ous that any other number Aof kpafrtitionsemay n i I `5'and'6 ofthe drawingsandalsofthatthese'i Into Vthe housing 10 is jtted a/plurality of' partitions may be spacedy equ'idistantlyin Y Figs. 2and"5'of the drawings,0r"atyvaiyiiig distancesl as shown in E ig. '6' ofthe drawings.;

Consequently, the sizes ofthe compartments* Y' in leach receptacle V Ina beselected'acco'rding; Y tothe'requirement's, t iat is to 1say accordingff e 1 to the voluine ofthe wash to be placed intof each compartment.` f

In use, first Ione l'ecllle is placed intof lio v thehousing 10 sdas-to rest onf'the Alangelo,` y abovereferred to. ,I'This receptaclisthen izo,

receptacle, while its inner vertical edge `r is seated'in a kerf 27 in alignment with said notch. kThe partition is then, lin tilted posi-l portion 31 is broughtbelowsthe said iiange.v

Thereafter the k'partition ris tilted downwards i until itslongitudinal edges aregparallel toj Y ,125i ,.vtion,.sh.ifted downwards into thereceptacle `until the` horizontal edge;V 31 of :the cut-offs'l ing a partition from alreceptacle, the operaA the bottom of the receptacle, and then shifted downwards to b-ring the partition onto the said bottom. It is obvious that, in disengagtions must be performed in a reverse order. AOnce a partition 1s properly seated in va receptacle, it is .lockedv therein against accikh dental disengagement, that is to say againsty removal When they clothes are taken out from a receptacle. After the 'receptacle has been 1 divided into compartments, each compartment is filled with the Wash of an individual customer and a proper identification means placed' into the compartment. The neXt receptacle is then placed on top of the loWer-'y most inthe series, divided intocompartments yandfilled. This is repeated vuntil the housing iscompletely yfilled With receptacles. It is v obvious that, While in the case illustrated in Fig. 1 of the draWi-ngsthree receptacles have been shown, any other number may be employedwithout departing from the invention.

'Y compartments With Wash because ofthe come y Aparatively small sizes thereof. Time is thus saved. When rotationl is imparted to the spindle 12, the receptacles, constituting theY No great kcare is required When filling the f basket of the machine, with the Wash therein saved in removingthewash from the basket,-

ro'tate Withy the spindle,whereby the moisture is expelled from kthe .Wash by centrifugal force, said moisture leaving the receptacles y y through the perforations therein.

Y' Inasmuch as the receptacles divide the basket horizontally into a plurality of'compait ments and'each receptacle is also divided ver-1 tically into a number of compartments, the,v ivash is less apt to form a solid mass, in con- A tradistinction to the baskets heretofore in use in vvhich'the entire lload from top to bottom is aptto mingle and be packed' into a solid mass. Therefore, not onlyis time and labor Y but the clothes are saved' from Wear and tear.

f` very little stretched 'andha's very little chancey Y to tear by reason of' being forced by centrifu-k Furthermore, due todividing the basket intor a plurality of compartments, the Wash is gal force toward the cylindrical Wall of the Y basket. *l

u Y the clothes yto the desired degree,the recep# Y After the moisture has been removed from 1 vt'acles aretaken out from the housing. The Wash 1s then Vremoved fromeach compartment and kept separate so that no sorting is necessary as in basketsheretoforein use. f

The freceptaclesmay be removed from the' l. housing by'a hoist or'similar contrivance, the

yfable of'gwhich has at its free end tWo branches, each yof Which carries a hook,

1 adapted .to enga-ge theflange of a receptacle,

. in removinggthe latter from the housing, at

e diametrically oppositegportions of thelangelf lObviously each receptaclemay so be .rei

-moved fromthe housingbeginning with the --topjmost ofthe stack. f l

f It is obvious that, While herein receptacles of specific lconfigurations have been described and specific means for dividing the same into a plurality of compartmentsk has been dis closed, any other means may be employed Without departing from the invention which lies mainly in the provision ofa basket Which is horizontally and vertically divided into afplurality of compartments of variable sizes. Attention is also `called to the fact that,

- While herein specific means have been shown.

for'causingthe receptacles to rotate with the spindle l2, any other means may be employed, Without departing from the invention.

. What I claim is:

l. A centrifugal drier including astationary housing, a basket spindle arranged.

to rotate in said housing, a plurality of foraminated receptacles fitted into said housing and placed one on top of the other, and coacting means on said receptacles and said spindle'for causingI the same to rotate together.

:2. A centrifugal drier according to claim l, comprising means for dividing each receptacle into compartments of variable sizes.

3. A centrifugal drier according to claim l, comprising vertical partitions in each re ceptacle for dividing the same into a plurality of compartments o-f variable sizes.

t. A centrifugal drier according to claim l, comprising means for dividing each retical partitions in each receptacle'dividing the same into a plurality of compartments, and means on each receptacle for varying at Will .thenumber of partitions therein.

7. A centrifugal driery including a stationary housing, a basket'spindle arranged to rotate in said housing, a plurality `rof foraminated receptacles fitting into said housfing andplaced one on top of the other, coacting means on said receptacles and said spindle j for causing the same to rotate together, vertical partitions in each receptacle for divid-` ing the same into a pluralityof compartments, and means formaintaining the parti- -tions in each receptacle 1n adjusted relation to one another, whereby the sizes of the compartments therein may be varied.

18. A centrifugal drier including a stationary housing, a basket spindle arranged to rotate in said housing provided With longitudinal grooves, a plurality of foraminated EGO les

0 this 2d day 

